Through the Wormhole · SEASON 5

Is Gravity an Illusion?

Episode 7 · 2014-07-02

★ 8.3
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Episode overview

We feel it every moment of our lives but for physicists, gravity is the longest running unsolved mystery of the universe. Why do all objects that have mass pull on one another? Cutting-edge theories are proposing unexpected answers: Gravity could be another force in disguise, a thermodynamic mirage, or even, a shadow of a hidden holographic universe. If so, the force that holds us to the surface of the earth, and holds the earth in orbit around the sun, may be a trick of the mind. We feel it, but it may not be real. Is Gravity an Illusion?

44 minutes

Season 5 episodes

1. Is God an Alien Concept?2014-03-05 2. Is Luck Real?2014-03-12 3. Is Poverty Genetic?2014-06-04 4. How to Collapse a Superpower2014-06-11 5. Does the Ocean Think?2014-06-18 6. Is a Zombie Apocalypse Possible?2014-06-25 7. Is Gravity an Illusion?2014-07-02 8. Will We Become God?2014-07-09 9. Is There a Shadow Universe?2014-07-16 10. When Did Time Begin?2014-07-23